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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"delegitimizing"”.
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Looking out for the ‘Aussie bloke’: gender, class and contextualizing a hegemony of working-class masculinities in Australia
… classed, sexualized and ethnic positions while delegitimizing others. Working-class masculinity is considered as an inclusionary and exclusionary tool. This thesis uses masculinity theory, class theory, and some empirical research to look at working-class masculinity in Australia as centralizing …
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Modernizing Indigenous Priesthood and Revitalizing Old Shrines: Current Developments on Ghana’s Religious Landscape
… To remain visible and viable these groups deploy delegitimizing strategies to undermine other competing religious traditions.The contest is largely an inter-religious contest between Christians and non-Christian “others,” especially, Ghana’s indigenous religious traditions, though there are also …
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The role of Islam in the Uzbek politics
… the protestors radical Islamist and terrorists, delegitimizing their concerns.
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Negotiating Belonging in a Divided City: Palestinian Experiences in Nicosia, Cyprus
… Palestinians' foreignness, thereby de facto delegitimizing their claims to belonging in 'non-Palestinian' contexts.</p>
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The Civilian and the War on Terror: Do Norms Shape Strategy?
… of protecting civilians is seen as essential to delegitimizing the enemy; when the legitimacy of the initial invasion is in question, and civilian casualties are seen as damaging to the international image by increasing that gap; finally, when regaining a monopoly on force is seen as impossible …
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Neomythism: Transfigurative Invocation and the (Re)Enchantment Engine in Human-AI Collaborative Art
… human practice—one that actively resists the delegitimizing forces that produced their exclusion. The central theoretical contribution emerging from this study is the framework of Neomythism itself. This dissertation surfaces three key understandings. First, Transfigurative Invocation brings …
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Diplomacy derailed : the consequences of U.S. diplomatic disengagement
… are seen as a low-cost means of isolating and delegitimizing regimes. This perspective, however, fails to recognize that maintaining diplomatic sanctions may actually entail a number of substantial costs to the United States and may even undermine economic sanctions' effectiveness. Although the …
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No Half Measures Power Vacuums and Military Occupations
… the occupied population, while simultaneously delegitimizing the occupied state's previous regime. High economic destruction, which is defined as the decline of a state's per-capita GDP and overall population, is not the sole factor in preventing a power vacuum. Combinations of other conditions …
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The victim role: an exploration into descriptions and evaluations of victims
… victims as legitimate when they fail to find delegitimizing evidence. Research indicates that individual differences in moral values, just world beliefs, and political values may influence reactions to victims. An individual’s moral values and political values may determine how they …
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Barriers to Nonviolent Resistance: Identities, Aims and State Responses to Dissent
… used the following types of frames: delegitimizing (ex. calling protesters traitors, hooligans), demobilizing (sympathetic statements – ex. saying that protests are justified), and alternative views (sidelining/ignoring grievances by discussing more salient issues). The results …
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Democracy in the news: A comparative analysis of newspaper reporting in Hong Kong and mainland China from 2014 to 2019
… protests as threats to national security and delegitimizing protesters, this discourse enhances the protest paradigm as a social control mechanism that diminishes minority influence and challenges entrenched meanings within the framework. In conclusion, this research argues that ideological …
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Capitalismo popular y utopías americanas: una Historia socio-económica del cooperativismo estadounidense
… model) and the woke view (of conflict, delegitimizing all American capitalism as slave-owning and hetero-patriarchal system). In this way, the traditional conflict-consensus dichotomous interpretation is improved with a heterodox reading of competition and cooperation (occurring …
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The construction and use of gender in the pamphlet literature of the English Civil War, 1642-1646
… and political power while simultaneously delegitimizing the claim of one’s opponents.<br/><br/>The introduction outlines the key questions which the thesis seeks to address and gives my reasons for undertaking this study. Chapter one examines the reluctance of past generations of …
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(De)legitimizing rape as a weapon of war: patriarchy, narratives and the African Union
The African continent has over the past 40 years witnessed a continued scourge of violent conflict and human rights abuses. These conflicts have significantly undermined the social, political, and economic prosperity of African citizens. Additionally, women and children are particularly affected by …